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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05528000       DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR GURNEE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°20'39", long 87°56'18" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.27, T.45 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 120, 2.5 mi southwest of Gurnee, and at mile 94.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 232 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1945 to September 1958, October 1968 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1960-68.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960(M), 1962(M). WDR IL-77-1: 1971.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and rain gage. Datum of gage is 650.30 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to May 26, 1946, nonrecording gage. May 27, 1946, to Sept. 30, 1958, water-stage recorder. Dec. 17, 1959, to September 1968, crest-stage gage. October 1968 to September 1998, water stage recorder at site 800 ft upstream at same datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Effluent from sewage-treatment plants, 0.5 mi upstream. Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,530 ft3/s, Sept. 27, 1986, gage height, 11.95 ft; no flow Sept. 26 to Oct. 19, 1956, and part of each day Aug. 27-30, Sept. 1, 2, 1970.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 2.76 in., Oct. 13, 2001.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plants averaged 44.1 ft3/s. The maximum monthly effluent was 64.3 ft3/s in May, and the minimum was 37.7 ft3/s in February.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 65  34  34  35  25  24  94  204  197  43  67  44 
2 157  34  34  35  25  24  88  193  188  41  94  46 
3 133  33  35  35  27  25  84  195  180  39  111  45 
4 133  32  35  34  27  25  126  202  178  37  129  44 
5 117  32  34  34  26  25  159  395  152  53  121  41 
 
6 111  32  32  35  25  25  e165  370  133  95  128  41 
7 100  32  32  34  25  25  169  367  118  130  134  43 
8 84  32  31  35  25  26  175  353  120  158  116  43 
9 72  35  30  35  24  25  167  474  121  229  100  43 
10 53  37  30  34  24  25  168  499  120  234  88  44 
 
11 53  35  29  32  23  26  174  499  114  214  79  41 
12 49  37  29  33  23  27  186  487  108  193  74  48 
13 45  37  29  31  23  33  186  449  101  164  68  52 
14 43  37  30  29  23  39  178  424  94  137  65  57 
15 41  39  31  28  23  45  159  408  87  191  64  49 
 
16 40  36  32  27  22  53  138  368  83  189  66  45 
17 37  35  32  26  23  63  121  325  73  180  60  43 
18 36  34  45  26  23  76  110  285  71  195  54  42 
19 35  37  53  25  23  84  104  244  79  177  51  40 
20 35  34  56  25  24  89  101  221  80  149  49  40 
 
21 33  45  61  24  25  91  102  191  76  238  48  41 
22 32  61  59  23  25  97  101  171  74  212  46  46 
23 32  54  55  23  26  99  97  156  70  167  46  42 
24 33  47  50  23  26  94  90  140  65  129  45  42 
25 43  43  44  23  25  97  84  125  56  101  46  40 
 
26 42  40  42  23  26  95  78  114  54  84  47  46 
27 40  38  39  23  24  93  75  104  50  72  45  55 
28 40  36  37  23  24  99  72  119  50  65  44  43 
29 40  34  35  23  ---  104  70  130  49  78  43  42 
30 37  34  36  23  ---  101  78  122  46  73  42  40 
 
31 37  ---  37  24  ---  99  ---  205  ---  68  42  --- 

TOTAL 1848 1126 1188 883 684 1853 3699 8539 2987 4135 2212 1328
MEAN 59.6 37.5 38.3 28.5 24.4 59.8 123 275 99.6 133 71.4 44.3
MAX 157 61 61 35 27 104 186 499 197 238 134 57
MIN 32 32 29 23 22 24 70 104 46 37 42 40
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 134 179 225 161 252 423 487 302 230 146 125 130
MAX 1011 785 865 514 626 1510 1395 847 1123 599 648 756
(WY) 1987 1986 1983 1993 2001 1979 1993 1996 2000 1993 1978 1986
MIN 16.6 16.5 12.7 10.6 11.9 59.8 79.9 31.3 23.1 23.9 15.0 18.3
(WY) 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 2003 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1977 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 51081  30482         
ANNUAL MEAN 140  83.5       232     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 428      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 26.8   1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 729      Apr 14 499              May 10 3470      Sep 27 1986
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 24      Aug 9 22              Feb 16 7.5   Feb 6 1977
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 25      Aug 6 23              Feb 11 7.9   Jan 31 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 516              May 9 3530      Sep 27 1986
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 4.59         May 9 11.95 Sep 27 1986
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 16      A
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 359  180          565     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 77  46          121     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 32  25          41     

A - Jan. 25, 26 and Feb. 15, 16.


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